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People are buying bread later and later in the day – and that is a big challenge for bakeries supplying this freshest of fresh products. Allied Bakeries’ new supply chain director explains to Lucy Tesseras how it is responding

Asda reckons it is saving 17 per cent of the annual energy costs at its chilled distribution depots as a result of an energy saving initiative

Great Bear, the third party logistics service provider, has appointed Paul Goodson chairman in succession to Jim Lockhart, who is retiring after having served as chairman since the business was founded in 1994

Union Industries has completed the installation of four doors at sia Abrasives UK in West Yorkshire

The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of the Wincanton’s continental business by German company Rhenus, saying it did not raise competition concernz

PostNL has intercepted a large series of counterfeit postage stamps offered through public web sites for a price well under face value

The chief executives of four rail freight companies have called for the elimination of bottlenecks on the important Rotterdam-Genoa rail freight corridor

Yodel says it delivered more than 20 million parcels in the run-up to Christmas – reflecting the rise in online shopping

Andrew Boyle, past chairman of the Road Haulage Association, has been awarded the OBE for services to the transport industry in the new year’s honours list